I'm new to writing and could use some help
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_Lynn_
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Also, it will help if you give some information about your story, such as how many words it is as well as the genre.
* To switch on your Private Messages, go to User CP (top left of this page), click on Edit Options (in the left hand column), and then tick Enable Private Messaging in the second box down. Make sure that the box titled Receive Private Messages only from Buddies and Moderators is NOT ticked. Finally, click Save Changes at the bottom of that page.
Also, it will help if you give some information about your story, such as how many words it is as well as the genre.
Rustyoznail
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There's an audience for all lengths. The general consensus is 3 Lit pages (8000 - 10k words) is the sweet spot but don't get too hung up on that. Make the story as long as you need to tell it.
450 is just a taster.
450 is just a taster.
Hypoxia
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It's also less than the 750-word story minimum for LIT submissions. (Poetry can be shorter.) Try to hit at least 750 words but don't expect a great response. A browser LIT page is about 3700-3750 words and one-pagers are too often seen as disappointingly short.450 is just a taster.
Brevity may be the soul of wit but it's poison on LIT. A workaround: write a few short pieces and gather them into one submission, hopefully with a framing device to pull them together thematically as I did with A Taste of Incest: Spirits.
